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*Video clips from military camera teams*
HMS Marlborough providing naval gunfire support to 40 Commando Royal Marines during operations to secure the Al Faw peninsula on 21 March	The seizure of an Iraqi tug carrying anti-shipping mines in the northern Arabian Gulf on 21 March	RAF helicopter operations from Ark Royal in support of Commando forces ashore on the Al Faw	Initial mine clearance operations in the northern Arabian Gulf - Sandown class minehunters, supported by RFA Sir Bedivere
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In the control room of a Royal Navy submarine, preparations are made to launch a Tomahawk missile on 20 March. A number of Royal Navy Tomahawks were fired at precisely targeted command and control centres in Baghdad (Click here for high resolution version)	The view through the periscope as a Tomahawk breaks the surface and heads for its target on 20 March (Click here for high resolution version)	A gunner aboard HMS Edinburgh uses night vision goggles to keep lookout (Click here for high resolution version)
Commandos aboard HMS Ark Royal wait for the start of operations on the night of 20 March (Click here for high resolution version)	Men prepare for the assault (Click here for high resolution version)	Royal Marines head for the flight deck to board helicopters for the attack on the Al Faw peninsula (Click here for high resolution version)
Fleet Air Arm Sea Kings begin flying the Royal Marines ashore (Click here for high resolution version)	(Click here for high resolution version)	Ashore on the Al Faw peninsula (Click here for high resolution version)
The Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond provides naval gunfire support to the Commando forces ashore at Al Faw on 21 March (Click here for high resolution version)	On Richmond's bridge during the bombardment (Click here for high resolution version)	An RAF Chinook hovers over HMS Ark Royal waiting to lift Commando vehicles (Click here for high resolution version)
Ammunition is stacked on the deck of HMS Ocean, ready to be flown ashore (Click here for high resolution version)	(Click here for high resolution version)	A Chinook lifts the ammunition clear on a supply run (Click here for high resolution version)
A Gazelle is readied on the flight deck (Click here for high resolution version)	A Lynx prepares to take off (Click here for high resolution version)	A Lynx heads for the shore to support the Commando forces (Click here for high resolution version)
A captured Iraqi launch used for minelaying	The apparently innocent cargo stowed on an Iraqi tug	Sections of oil drums used to disguise a cargo of mines aboard the Iraqi tug converted to be a mine layer
Helicopters continue to ferry supplies ashore from Ark Royal (Click here for high resolution version)	An RAF Chinook ferries more supplies ashore (Click here for high resolution version)	Inside another Chinook, men of 40 Commando are flown forward (Click here for high resolution version)
A US ordnance disposal expert inspects an Iraqi anti-shipping mine aboard a minelayer captured by UK and US forces (Click here for high resolution version)	Mines stored below deck (Click here for high resolution version)	HMS Brocklesby seen in the distance searching for mines close to the captured minelayer (Click here for high resolution version)
The US Navy ordnance expert working with a Royal Marine (Click here for high resolution version)	A Wren operator on duty in HMS Ocean's ops room (Click here for high resolution version)	The survey ship HMS Roebuck played a vital role alongside the minehunters in opening the channel to Umm Qasr for humanitarian aid shipments (Click here for high resolution version)
A most welcome event - a Sea King delivers post to Ark Royal (Click here for high resolution version)	A US Coast Guard patrol boat passes the bows of the minehunter HMS Brocklesby during coalition patrols of the southern Iraqi waterways and coast (Click here for high resolution version)	A Royal Australian Navy Sea King passes over HMS Sandown on patrol (Click here for high resolution version)
HMS York on patrol in the evening haze (Click here for high resolution version)	A pod of dolphins passes HMS Ocean (Click here for high resolution version)	HMS Liverpool seen at sunset (Click here for high resolution version)
HMS Ledbury alongside RFA Sir Bedivere for resupply (Click here for high resolution version)	Sir Bedivere is also providing support to US Navy minehunters, such as Raven (Click here for high resolution version)	Despite the tragic loss of two aircraft in a collision on 22 March, the Sea King Mk 7s continue to provide essential radar cover (Click here for high resolution version)
RFA Argus, the British hospital ship (Click here for high resolution version)	RFA Fort Austin alongside the repair ship RFA Diligence (Click here for high resolution version)	HMS Chatham on patrol in the northern Arabian Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)
Royal Marines on patrol in a rigid inflatable boat on the Shatt al Arab waterway south of Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)	A Royal Marine Gazelle helicopter conducts an aerial patrol of the coast (Click here for high resolution version)	With the liberation of Basrah, maritime security patrols extend well into the city (Click here for high resolution version)
	HMS Sandown at work clearing a channel into the port of Az Zubayr (Click here for high resolution version)

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